Exhibit 4-2

question 14

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 4-2.Mark Zuckerberg,the founder of Facebook,has announced that he will eat meat only from animals that he has killed himself (Vanity Fair,November 2011) .Suppose 257 people were asked: "Does the idea of killing your own food appeal to you,or not?" The accompanying contingency table,cross-classified by gender,is produced from the 187 respondents. Refer to Exhibit 4-2.The probability that a respondent is male and feels that the idea of killing his own food is appealing is closest to _____.

• A)0.19
• B)0.38
• C)0.41
• D)0.59

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Definitions:

Negative Correlation

A relationship between two variables in which one variable increases as the other decreases, indicating an inverse relationship.

Perfect Correlation

A relationship between two variables where one variable can be perfectly predicted from the other, represented by a correlation coefficient of -1 or 1.

Correlation Coefficient

A numerical measure that quantifies the degree and direction of a relationship between two variables.

Body Mass

A measurement of a person's weight in relation to their height, commonly assessed using the Body Mass Index (BMI).